Abstracts tagged "quality of life"

Abstract Number: 1057 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Work-Related Behavior and Experiences in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jutta G. Richter¹, Thomas Muth², Ralph Brinks³, Tobias Koch¹, Peter Angerer² and Matthias Schneider⁴, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany, ²Institute for Occupational and Social Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany, ³Department of Rheumatology, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
Background/Purpose: Work-related behavior and experiences are discussed to be either risk factors or resources for individual‘s health. Diseases and related changing working conditions and/or experiences…
Abstract Number: 2975 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Residual Large Joint Synovitis By Power Doppler Ultrasonography Is Associated with Higher Disease Activity and Significant Impact of Disease in Multi-Ethnic Asian Patients with Established Rheumatoid Arthritis
Yu Xiao Guo¹, Manjari Lahiri^2,3 and Peter Cheung^2,3, ¹Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ²Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ³Division of Rheumatology, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
Background/Purpose Regular monitoring of disease activity with appropriate modification of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD) therapy results in improved radiographic and functional outcomes in patients with…
Abstract Number: 2721 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Patients’ Perspective of Skin Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis
Ada Man¹, Amy Wu¹, Jessica Ziemek², Romy Christmann¹, Robert W. Simms¹, David T. Felson³ and Robert Lafyatis⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²Rheumatology/Arthritis Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁴Arthritis Center, Boston University, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Skin tightness and other abnormalities of the skin are the hallmark features of systemic sclerosis (SSc). While skin involvement may significantly impact a…
Abstract Number: 1152 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Euroqol-5-Dimensions Utility Gain in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Treated with Abatacept, Rituximab, Tocilizumab or Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors
Anders Gülfe¹, Johan A. Karlsson² and Lars-Erik Kristensen³, ¹Dept of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Section for Rheumatology, Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, Lund, Sweden, ²Dept of Clinical Sciences, Section for Rheumatology, Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, Lund, Sweden, ³Dept of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Section for Rheumatology, Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, Malmö, Sweden
Background/Purpose: We have earlier demonstrated that EuroQoL-5-Dimensions (EQ-5D) utility improves rapidly after commencement of tumor necrosis factor inhibition (TNFi) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other…
Abstract Number: 1150 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Marked Differences in Euro-Qol-5-Dimensions Preference Sets Based on Hypothetical or Experience Based Valuation
Anna Cooper¹, Johan A. Karlsson² and Anders Gülfe¹, ¹Dept of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Section for Rheumatology, Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, Lund, Sweden, ²Dept of Clinical Sciences, Section for Rheumatology, Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, Lund, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Health related quality of life (HRQoL) can be expressed as utility, a value anchored at 0 (death) and 1 (perfect health, forming the basis…
Abstract Number: 2607 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evaluation Of The Construct Validity Of The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) Gastrointestinal (GI) Symptoms Measures In Systemic Sclerosis (SSc)
Dinesh Khanna¹, Puja Khanna¹, Brennan Spiegel², Lin Chang³, Gil Y. Melmed⁴, Roger Bolus⁵ and Ron Hays⁶, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Gastroenterology; Health Policy and Management, Cedars-Sinai Health System and UCLA School of Medicine and Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, ³Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Cedar-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Research Solutions Group, Encinitas, CA, ⁶Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: As part of the National Institutes of Health PROMIS¨ roadmap initiative, we developed GI Symptoms measures that assess 8 domains: Gastroesophageal reflux (13 items),…
Abstract Number: 2530 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sustained Improvements In Health-Related Quality Of Life In Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus following Epratuzumab Treament: Results from a Phase IIb Trial and Its Open-Label Extension
Vibeke Strand¹, Joan T. Merrill², Enkeleida Nikaï³, Brian Kilgallen⁴, Antoine Regnault⁵ and Caroline Gordon⁶, ¹Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ²Clinical Pharmacology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ³UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, ⁴UCB Pharma, Raleigh, NC, ⁵Mapi HEOR & Strategic Market Access, Lyon, France, ⁶Rheumatology Research Group (East Wing), School of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Epratuzumab is a monoclonal antibody targeting CD22. Improvements in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) with epratuzumab in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have…
Abstract Number: 2504 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Male Children With Higher SLE Disease Activity In An US Cohort
Lakshmi N. Moorthy¹, Elizabeth Roy², Margaret Peterson³, Afton L. Hassett⁴, Alexa B. Adams⁵, Laura V. Barinstein⁶, Elizabeth C. Chalom⁷, Karen Onel⁸, Linda Ray⁹, Jorge Lopez-Benitez¹⁰, Kathleen A. Haines¹¹, Philip Hashkes¹², Daniel J. Kingsbury¹³, Victoria Cartwright¹⁴, Nora G. Singer¹⁵, Ingrid Tomanova-Soltys¹⁶, Andreas Reiff¹⁷, Sandy D. Hong¹⁸ and Thomas J. A. Lehman¹⁹, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School-Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, ²RWJMS-UMDNJ, New Brunswick, NJ, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁴Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵Pediatric Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁶Pediatric Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Med Ctr, New York, NY, ⁷Pediatrics, St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ, ⁸Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL, ⁹Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, ¹⁰Pediatric Rheumatology Program Centro Medico La Costa, Asuncion, Paraguay, ¹¹Department of Pediatrics, Joseph M Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, ¹²Pediatric Rheumatology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel, ¹³Randall Children's Hospital at Legacy Emanuel, Portland, OR, ¹⁴Legacy Emanuel Children's Hospital, Portland, OR, ¹⁵Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ¹⁶Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, NY, ¹⁷Division of Rheumatology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ¹⁸Pediatrics-Rheumatology, U of Iowa Children's Hosp, Iowa City, IA, ¹⁹Chief Div Ped Rheum PTD, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Although systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is more common in females, males tend to have more severe disease. We compared age at SLE diagnosis, duration,…
Abstract Number: 1996 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Racial/Ethnicity Differences In Health-Related Quality Of Life (HRQOL), Functional Ability and Health Care Utilization In Gout Patients
Aseem Bharat¹, Jasvinder A. Singh^2,3, Puja Khanna⁴, Cleopatra Aquino-Beaton⁵, Jay E. Persselin⁶, Erin Duffy⁷, David Elashoff⁸ and Dinesh Khanna⁹, ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Rheumatology, Birmingham VA, Birmingham, AL, ³Department of Medicine, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵Rheumatology, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶Medicine W-111J Div of Rheum, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, ⁷Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁸Medicine- Statistic Core, UCLA Department of Medicine Statistics Core, Los Angeles, CA, ⁹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Due to limited/no data for race/ethnicity, our objective was to assess whether HRQOL functional ability and health care utilization in gout patients differs by…
Abstract Number: 1520 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Reduction Of Disease Burden On Workplace and Household Productivity In Axial Spondyloarthritis, Including Ankylosing Spondylitis and Non-Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis, Over 48 Weeks Of Treatment With Certolizumab Pegol
Désirée M. van der Heijde¹, Jürgen Braun², Martin Rudwaleit³, Oana Purcaru⁴ and Arthur Kavanaugh⁵, ¹Dept of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ³Endokrinologikum, Berlin, Germany, ⁴UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, ⁵Division of Rheumatology Allergy and Immunology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) includes both ankylosing spondylitis (AS, meeting modified New York criteria) and axSpA with no sacroiliitis on X-ray (non-radiographic axSpA, nr-axSpA). AS…
Abstract Number: 1028 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Development Of Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) Gastrointestinal (GI) Symptoms Item Bank
Dinesh Khanna¹, Lin Chang², Gil Y. Melmed³, Roger Bolus⁴, Puja Khanna¹, Ron Hays⁵ and Brennan Spiegel^6,7, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ³Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Cedar-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Research Solutions Group, Encinitas, CA, ⁵Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶Gastroenterology; Health Policy and Management, Cedars-Sinai Health System and UCLA School of Medicine and Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, ⁷VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: The National Institutes of Health PROMIS® roadmap initiative is a cooperative research program designed to develop, evaluate, and standardize item banks to measure patient-reported…
Abstract Number: 1569 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Optimizing Care for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Newly Treated with Biologics by Evaluating Health Status with AIMS-2
Mie Fusama¹, Hideko Nakahara², Keisuke Kawamoto³, Satoko Nozato³, Midori Taguchi³, Kohji Nishioka³, Shinji Higa³, Eiji Takeuchi⁴, Kayoko Higashi⁵, Masao Yukioka⁶, Tsuyoshi Igarashi³, Taro Kuritani³, Keiji Maeda³ and Yasushi Miura⁷, ¹Department of Rehabilitation Science, Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe, Japan, ²Division of Allergy, Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, NTT West Osaka Hospital, Osaka, Japan, ³Allergy, Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, NTT West Osaka Hospital, Osaka, Japan, ⁴Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, NTT West Osaka Hospital, Osaka, Japan, ⁵Division of nursing, NTT West Osaka Hospital, Osaka, Japan, ⁶Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yukioka Hospital, Osaka, Japan, ⁷Department of Rehabilitation Science, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
Background/Purpose: Biologics significantly improve disease activity of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), however, patient global assessment (PGA) is not always improved in parallel with disease activity scores.…
Abstract Number: 1152 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Improvement in Health-Related Quality of Life for Children with Juvenile Ideopathic Arthritis After Start of Treatment with Etanercept
Jens Klotsche¹, Kirsten Minden² and Gerd Horneff³, ¹Programme Area Epidemiology, German Rheumatism Research Center, a Leibniz institute, Berlin, Germany, ²Programme Area Epidemiology, German Rheumatism Research Center, a Leibniz Institute, Berlin, Germany, ³Department of Pediatrics, Centre of Pediatric Rheumatology, Sankt Augustin, Germany
Background/Purpose: The concept of Health-related quality of life (HrQoL) has been widely accepted as a burden of disease measure in recent years. The improvement in…
Abstract Number: 1153 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Perceived Health-Related Quality of Life and Its Determining Factors in Children with Recent-Onset JIA
Jens Klotsche¹, Ina Liedmann¹, Martina Niewerth², Gerd Horneff³, Johannes Peter Haas⁴ and Kirsten Minden⁵, ¹Programme Area Epidemiology, German Rheumatism Research Center, a Leibniz institute, Berlin, Germany, ²Epidemiology, German Rheumatism Research Centre, Berlin, Germany, ³Department of Pediatrics, Centre of Pediatric Rheumatology, Sankt Augustin, Germany, ⁴German Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, ⁵Programme Area Epidemiology, German Rheumatism Research Center, a Leibniz Institute, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common chronic rheumatic disease and a major cause of chronic disability in children aged below 16 years.…
Abstract Number: 392 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Analysis of Factors Impact On Patient Global Assessment in Daily Practice Based On Observational Cohort IORRA (Institute of Rheumatology, Rheumatoid Arthritis)
Yasushi Inoue¹, Eiichi Tanaka², Ayako Nakajima³, Eisuke Inoue⁴, Akiko Kobayashi⁴, Daisuke Hoshi¹, Naoki Sugimoto⁴, Kumi Shidara⁴, Yohei Seto⁴, Atsuo Taniguchi⁴, Shigeki Momohara¹ and Hisashi Yamanaka¹, ¹Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ²Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ³Rheumatology, Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Patient global assessment (PtGA) is an element of the new ACR/EULAR remission criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This definition has been reported to better…

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